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The (Chinese-owned) Swedes have revealed their entry-level XC40 crossover with a subscription-based ownership option called Care by Volvo Volvo wants to reinvent car ownership with the new just-revealed XC40 crossover and introduce subscription services and flat rate monthly fees in an effort to “make having…

Lexus has launched the fourth generation of its LS flagship model in the region – the all-new LS 460 – at a dynamic press premiere in Dubai recently. The new LS features the world’s first eight-speed automatic transmission and will be available in standard as well as, for the…

The Lexus Riley shared by Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett, and Salvador Duran ran virtually trouble free throughout the 45th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, leading 468 of 668 laps and handing Chip Ganassi Racing its second consecutive victory in the Rolex Sports Car Series’…

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has confirmed that its drivers for the 2007 F1 World Championship season, Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, will be in Abu Dhabi to take part in the F1 Festival on Saturday, 3rd February 2007. “We are absolutely delighted that Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro will be bringing both of…

Honda has reported 128 per cent increase in sales of its passenger vehicles in the United Arab Emirates in 2006. The popular Civic, Accord and CR-V models accounted for 87 per cent of total vehicle sales. The Jazz marked the highest sales with 170 per cent in the cars category…

Kimi Raikkonen finally made his track debut with Ferrari on January 23rd, at the Vallelunga circuit near Rome. Although the Finn spent a day with his new squad during December testing at Jerez he was only an observer due to contractual ties with former team McLaren. Ferrari had originally planned…

Volkswagen has announced its official support to the Golf GTI Cup. Organised by Motorworks in association with Al Nabooda Automobiles at the Dubai Autodrome, the annual racing event features amateur drivers in Golf GTI cars vying for the podium positions. Featuring 14 cars, three rounds of this one-make racing…

After its track debut at Jerez testing last week in interim livery, Renault officially launched the striking new colours of the R27 in Amsterdam yesterday. Along with new title sponsor ING the team unveiled the new car, displaying dark blue front and rear wings and the body predominantly yellow on…

Land Rover has reported an increase of 42 per cent (over 2005) in sales of SUV’s in the Middle East in 2006. With 8505 vehicles delivered to customers in 2006, the British luxury SUV manufacturer claims that the region still remains one of the largest markets for Range Rover…

Munich-based BMW Group has reported an increase of 3.5% in their total car sales in 2006. The company sold 1,373,926 vehicles overall last year with sales of the BMW brand alone touching 1,185,049 units outstripping year 2005 sales by 5.2%. Sales of the MINI brand fell by 6.2% to 188,072…

German carmaker DaimlerChrysler AG recently premiered the latest version of its Mercedes-Benz entry level luxury compact-car touting new styling and safety features. Held at the Mercedes-World showcase in Stuttgart, Germany, the manufacturer presented the fourth generation of its biggest-selling model, the C series line of sedans. “With the new…

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Fadi on Deesch Papke assigned CEO of Porsche Middle East and Africa FZETo whom it may concernI would like to share our frustration in dealing with Porsche and Al Nabooda in the last 10 years!After our first Cayan for my wife back in 2008 and the current Macan 2015 we decided to write this letter to Porsche directly.The main objective of AL Nabooda is to overcharge their customers specially on spare parts and the denial on the warranty coverage even on small requests and when you complaint about the prices they offer a big discount! when I refused to renew the Cayan warranty they agreed to change the hand rest!By the end of 2017 we decided to sell our Cayan and move to the new Macan model and that was the biggest mistake!We have bought a Macan S 2015 from Al Nabooda after waiting for several months, from the first 2 months we got a notification on the dashboard that we need to top up the oil, we went to the service center and they did it for us without any explanation!We continued on this annoying practice every couple of months!Another issue in the car was the AC bad smell which Al Nabooda charged us to change the filter and do the cleaning which was not covered by the warranty!This week I went back again to renew the useless warranty without clear answer on the oil consumption except the Porsche cars consume oil!I have been living in Dubai for the last 23 years. I had Boxter, Cayman, Cayan, BMW, Mercedes, etc... and currently I drive Maserati Ghibli and I have never heard that a car consume oil every 1000 km and above. I drive my Maserati car for 20,000 km without toping up or changing the oil!They also called me this week to inform me that the brake pads needs to be changed and the price is AED 4,700 and when I complained suddenly the price went down to AED 3,500!Please allow me to share my frustration with Al Nabooda and my great experience with Al Tayar Motors since 5 years and the way they respect warranty agreements with amazing services.We also decided to sell the Macan and never come back to any brand under Al Nabooda!